The only reason it seems like that meanie Jon Stewart picks on the conservatives more is because they do more stupid shiat. Why would someone think he'd put personal politics ahead of comedy? He has a show to run, persecutioncomplexmitter.

Yeah, this isn't news subs. Stewart is good about criticizing stupid shiat no matter who says or does it.

It's just that there is usually a crapload of stupidity coming out of the GOP most of the time, so it might seem that they're being picked on a lot by the media. But really, if they would stop eating dirt and rubbing shiat in their hair, the media might leave them alone.

As a regular viewer I can confirm that he criticizes Obama almost daily with a very biting criticism at least once a week. His criticisms are genuine and credible however not like the stupid shiat Fox comes up with.

If the Romney campaign had been studying Stewart's show for the past couple of years they could have hadf a much more effective campaign against Obama and even be leading in the polls now. It would have been super easy to paint Obama as Dubya II and for Romney to distance himself from Dubya as a true Fiscal Conservative. So easy.

mrshowrules:As a regular viewer I can confirm that he criticizes Obama almost daily with a very biting criticism at least once a week. His criticisms are genuine and credible however not like the stupid shiat Fox comes up with.

This is what makes the current state of journalism so pathetic. A F*CKING COMEDIAN does a better job at journalism than "journalists."

xanadian:This is what makes the current state of journalism so pathetic. A F*CKING COMEDIAN does a better job at journalism than "journalists."

Except that journalists have to abide by certain standards and Stewart and Colbert and the like do not. I've seen my share of Daily Show / Colbert Report stuff that played loose with the actual facts of the matter, but they spun it in a funny way, so who really cares.

Lando Lincoln:xanadian: This is what makes the current state of journalism so pathetic. A F*CKING COMEDIAN does a better job at journalism than "journalists."

Except that journalists have to abide by certain standards and Stewart and Colbert and the like do not. I've seen my share of Daily Show / Colbert Report stuff that played loose with the actual facts of the matter, but they spun it in a funny way, so who really cares.

What standards are those? They're so busy chasing the outrage du jour that they purposely ignore actual news and give up on investigating. All for the sake of ratings. Look at the Sherry Sherrod debacle. Breitbart posts an edited video, FoxNews runs it, and CNN follows right after, without even checking any facts. Next thing we know, she's being asked for her resignation and it's 2 days before anyone bothers to uncover the fact that the original video was doctored and the story itself was a lie.

brigid_fitch:Lando Lincoln: xanadian: This is what makes the current state of journalism so pathetic. A F*CKING COMEDIAN does a better job at journalism than "journalists."

Except that journalists have to abide by certain standards and Stewart and Colbert and the like do not. I've seen my share of Daily Show / Colbert Report stuff that played loose with the actual facts of the matter, but they spun it in a funny way, so who really cares.

What standards are those? They're so busy chasing the outrage du jour that they purposely ignore actual news and give up on investigating. All for the sake of ratings. Look at the Sherry Sherrod debacle. Breitbart posts an edited video, FoxNews runs it, and CNN follows right after, without even checking any facts. Next thing we know, she's being asked for her resignation and it's 2 days before anyone bothers to uncover the fact that the original video was doctored and the story itself was a lie.

the standards of "my bosses will fire me if I don't promote their agenda"

brigid_fitch:Lando Lincoln: xanadian: This is what makes the current state of journalism so pathetic. A F*CKING COMEDIAN does a better job at journalism than "journalists."

Except that journalists have to abide by certain standards and Stewart and Colbert and the like do not. I've seen my share of Daily Show / Colbert Report stuff that played loose with the actual facts of the matter, but they spun it in a funny way, so who really cares.

What standards are those? They're so busy chasing the outrage du jour that they purposely ignore actual news and give up on investigating. All for the sake of ratings. Look at the Sherry Sherrod debacle. Breitbart posts an edited video, FoxNews runs it, and CNN follows right after, without even checking any facts. Next thing we know, she's being asked for her resignation and it's 2 days before anyone bothers to uncover the fact that the original video was doctored and the story itself was a lie.

Seems to me with most media, the rule is 'always take Republicans at their word'. Even on NPR.

ItchyMcDoogle:It really is a statement on how thin skinned the Right are. The Daily Show goes often goes after The Obama Administration. To anyone who watches the show Subby is like Rick Ramono to them.

As a regular viewer I can confirm that he criticizes Obama almost daily with a very biting criticism at least once a week. His criticisms are genuine and credible however not like the stupid shiat Fox comes up with.

If the Romney campaign had been studying Stewart's show for the past couple of years they could have hadf a much more effective campaign against Obama and even be leading in the polls now. It would have been super easy to paint Obama as Dubya II and for Romney to distance himself from Dubya as a true Fiscal Conservative. So easy.

Is anyone really stupid enough to believe that Republicans are fiscal conservatives? For reals, this time, honest-to-God-we-swear, we really mean it this time?

Could be wrong but I think Subby was making fun of RWers who insist that JS never takes the Dems to task for anything.

It's still early, my first cuppa coffee was weak and my snark detector is in the shop for maintenance but I'm pretty sure that's what he/she was going for.

But what with Poe and all it *is* kinda hard to ascertain for sure.

The other day Jon did a bit where he opened with an Obama gaffe and said how ordinarily this might matter in a close election but... and then he lead into the segment that explained why Obama was "the luckiest man in the world" by highlighting a series of blunders by Mitt.

Jon's a comic at heart and the current crop of Republicans led (using that word in it's broadest possible context here) by Mitt Romney simply give him more material to work with.

Wow guys, am I the only one that thought the headline was a tongue-in-cheek jab at out-of-touch conservatives who use terms like "lamestream media" and are therefore stupid? Seems like a tough crowd in here.

ghare:mrshowrules: SilentStrider: Hardly the first time he's done that.

As a regular viewer I can confirm that he criticizes Obama almost daily with a very biting criticism at least once a week. His criticisms are genuine and credible however not like the stupid shiat Fox comes up with.

If the Romney campaign had been studying Stewart's show for the past couple of years they could have hadf a much more effective campaign against Obama and even be leading in the polls now. It would have been super easy to paint Obama as Dubya II and for Romney to distance himself from Dubya as a true Fiscal Conservative. So easy.

Is anyone really stupid enough to believe that Republicans are fiscal conservatives? For reals, this time, honest-to-God-we-swear, we really mean it this time?